Testing reveals that a patient's myocardial infarction (MI) damaged the papillary muscles of the mitral valve. The nurse plans care based on the knowledge that the patient is at high risk for which complication?
1. Extension of the myocardial damage
2. Catastrophic left heart failure
3. Pulmonary edema from right heart failure
4. Pulmonary embolism from clots in the left atrium
Answer: 2
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Because some patients are unable to obtain a sputum specimen by coughing and expectorating, the nurse may collect the specimen by:
a. asking patient to spit. b. directing the patient to turn, cough, and breathe deeply. c. tracheal suctioning. d. bronchoscopy.
Which member of the health care team is often placed in situations where they are expected to be agents for patients, physicians, and the organization simultaneously, all of which may have conflicting wants and goals?
A) Physicians B) Nurses C) Nurse practitioners D) Social workers
When a woman is admitted to the labor-and-delivery unit, her husband says he is going to work and asks you to call when the baby is born. Your best response to this husband would be to
A) ask him if he knows that he can stay with his wife during labor. B) tell him that all fathers now stay with their wives during labor. C) tell him he is missing out on the opportunity of a lifetime by leaving. D) insist he stay with his wife during labor because she will need his support.
An older patient who lives with family has a history of chronic alcohol abuse and poor compliance with the medical plan
The patient has begun to experience a marked decline. His family tells the nurse that these problems are a result of their inability to care for the patient properly. The nurse best responds by: a. evaluating the care the family has been providing. b. suggesting that care should be assumed by a professional caregiver. c. helping the family recognize that the de-cline is a result of the patient's condition and personal choices. d. assuring them they are providing the pa-tient with care motivated by love.